British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 123 
ZELIOIDES. 
1. inflecus, Wolff. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl nu. figs ~7, 
Pale brownish-ochre colour, largely and darkly punc- 
tured. Head rather darker than the rest of the body ; 
lateral margins and dorsal line of the thorax narrowly 
pale ; anterior angles with a very slight lateral process ; 
base of the scutellum with a paler spot at each extremity. 
Length 24 lines. 
By sweeping, &c. 
E,YSARCORIS. 
1. Scutellum with a bronzy patch at the base .. melanocephalus. 
2. Scutellum without any bronzy patch and with a 
small white speck on each side oe os @neus. 
1. melanocephalus, Fab. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. 
Hem. pl. ii. fig. 9. 
Head, front of thorax and scutellum bright coppery- 
bronze or bronzy-black colour, the rest of the insect pale, 
largely and darkly punctured ; connexivum flavous, spotted 
with black. 
Length 24 lines. 
New Forest and Darenth Wood. 
2. eneus, Scop. Fig. (perlatum) Hahn, Wanz. Ins. ii. 
p- hi. fig. 155. 
Pale ochreous-brown; head bronzy-green; thorax 
bronzy-black on each side near the anterior margin ; sur- 
face largely and darkly punctured. Scutellum same 
colour as the elytra, with a raised white tubercle on each 
side of the base ; posterior angles of the thorax much pro- 
duced. 
Length 23 lines. 
New Forest. 
ZICRONA. 
1. cerulea, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. i. fig. 3. 
Bright blue or blue-green, shining, punctured; legs and 
antennze black. 
Length 2$—34 lines. 
London district ; and among heather, Scarborough. 
